in the statehouse " it's 2nd amendment day at the statehouse so the for 5 bills on the regarding regarding access to firearms to state of emergency, one dealing atvs, another deals with confidentiality, 5th and most contentious involves kids 14 and under able to use guns, created large and long debate on house floor logically- does it make sense for a 1 year old to hold and shoot a handgun yes or no? even people who are experienced with firearms harem themseves accidentally, so the thought that a 1-5 year old even under supervision should be firing a handgun is ludicrous. this is the best bill expanding 2nd amendment rights, puts rights back in hands of parents. any criticism-- parents rights, that's all very well and good if every parent is beaver cleaver- the perfect parent."

april first. that's the date announced by the iowa governor's office to implement the

plan statewide. the proposed plan received federal approval today and would change iowa's medicaied to a managed care system following suit to 39 other states. the change has seen stiff opposition in the state capitol. with senate democrats looking to pass a measure that would interfere with the medicaid changes. governor terry branstad has already promised a veto if the bill passes. tim: a plea hearing is scheduled in plymouth county court for a 20-14 homicide case... tim: 45-year-old johnathan neunaber is scheduled to appear in court monday. initially the court was set to rule on a motion to suppress by the defense. but now judge steven andreasen has changed proceedings to a plea hearing. he found neunaber fit to stand trial in the death of his 80- year-old mother esther neunaber. tim: usually getting a traffic ticket isn't a pleasant experience. not for those issuing and receiving a ticket. jenna: but today council bluffs police got a pleasant

when they got a note from a driver ticketed for running a red light. the department posted the note on twitter the driver saying "clearly, i was not paying attention. a ticket is minor if i consider that i could have hurt or killed someone. i generally think i am a good, safe driver, but now i see i need to be much better." tim: research shows iowa has some of the highest rates of colon cancer in the nation... and those numbers spike in northwest iowa. doctors say they aren't sure why..... but they do know that getting screened with a colonoscopy significantly reduces the risk of getting the often fatal disease. with that in mind, i recently agreed to get my first colonoscopy and dr. jeff michalak and the folks at dunes surgical hospital agreed to let abc9 bring cameras in for the procedure.

at ten, we'll show you why there really is no reason not to have the often life saving procedure. " no one who put it off and had a probloem says oh yea im glad i did. everyone says i should have done it sooner. and now we know that starting atthe age of 50 when we start having trhe increased risk of cancer that one colonoscopy is the way to do it because we have prooved it in studies, and two everyone that has it done says just like you, i should have had it done sooner," said dr. jeff michalak. tim: part two of "screen for life" is tongith at ten. jenna: the zika virus is back in headlines today the centers for disease control saying they are investigating 14 new reports of the virus in the sates, suggesting these new cases were tranitted sexually. zika's been confirmed in 23 u-s states including here in iowa. jenna: and as a response to the zika virus, lifeserve blood center is springing to action to protect their blood supply. they've announced they'll be taking

ensure the safety of the local blood supply by requiring donors who have been to zika affected areas in south america to wait at least 28 days before donating blood. "our normal screening questions would rule out anyone who did happen to have zika. we need all of our donors to be healthy and so if someone came in and did have symptoms, we would catch those, they wouldn't be able to donate. if your or someone you know is interested in donating blood, you can schedule an appointment on their website or call the number on your screen.. tim: there's really no way to ease the pain of losing a childe. but one siouxland family is trying to help make that worst day a bit easier, by giving the gift of time. jenna: jeremy and lisa cotter lost their own daughter at birth a year ago today and donated a cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's to help future parents that might suffer the same loss. our elisa raffa has more. elisa: jenna, tim... words

the emotion that filled the room this morning at unity point health st. luke's. the cotter's say it was a bittersweet morning. solemn in remembrance of their little girl, but joyful that they could honor her today with their donations. "in a perfect world, this thing would sit unused at the hospital forever" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's. jeremy and lisa cotter had the worst day of their lives a year ago . lisa gave birth to two beautiful twin girls, but one was stillborn. on what would have been elizabeth's first birthday, the cotters are using the anniversary of their loss as a day to honor their daughter. and bring solace finding themselves in a similar position. "we're doing it in honor of elizabeth. we're celebrating her birthday. this is her birthday present to the hospital, other families...and it feels good to do that" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity luke's. alongside a generous donation of two thousand seven hundred dollars to nicu, the cotter's donated unity point health cuddle cot gives parents extra time with their stillborn baby by

longer and allows parents to be comfortable in a hospital room instead of a morgue. "a cuddle cot's main task, i guess, is to preserve time. it's actually a cooling unit that lies in the basinett, and then the infant is placed on top of the cooling blanket and it maintains a body temperature that is much lower than normal" says suzie gosph, labor delivery nurse at unity point health st. luke's. without a cuddle cot, parents must go back and forth to the morgue, making the grieivng process that much harder. "nobody wants to go through what we went through" says lisa cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's. "it's something that, to use an old phrase, i would not wish on my worst enemy any day. it's an awful experience" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's. "it's just a very difficult process. so, this is going to help so much and as a labor delivery nurse, being the one that is in the room delivering the baby, i can't thank the cotter's enough. it will make my job a little easier, if there's such a thing" says suzie gosph, labor delivery nurse at unity point health st. luke's. nurses at unity point health st. luke's say it is an honor that the cotter's thought their care was good enough to deserve such a needed gift. "elizabeth will definitely be remembered each and every time that we have to use it" says suzie gosph, labor delivery nurse at unity point health st. luke's.

cuddle cots are rare, they are an up and coming technology. but the cuddle cot the cotter's donated today was the second one for sioux city. mercy medical has one as well. reporting live in studio, elisa raffa, abc9 news tim: coming up a local kid's museum is seeing some booming numbers in their first month. an update on launch pad chidlren's museum. (fred) tomorrow will bring breezy winds and possibly and evening snow shower. we're looking at a big warmup saturday, then sunday will be windy and cooler with a chance of

the launchpad children's museum opened its doors and i think it's safe to say it's a hit at last check today. the launchpad has welcomed 5 thousand 6 ndred visitors. that's double then what they had anticipated. on average at least 200 people visit each day. with weekends more than tripling that number. they've seen anywhere from six hundred to a thousand on weekends. "we've had the highest numbers of people coming in over the weekends. last sunday we had about 600 people over a 4 hour period, so that was a good problem to have! we're happy that we're getting a lot of people in and it's going really well!" says valerie petersen, outreach director for launchpad. museum reps say despite high attendance there's been plenty of room for kids to learn and play with each exhibits. tim/jenna/fred (jenna)

expect over the next week? (fred) a couple of chances for light snow, and temperatures moving up and down more than once. fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) a time lse of the port neal welding company skycam hd shows that the clouds did thin out a bit this afternoon. 47 was the high today and 31 the low. both of those numbers are well above normal. the storm lake skycam hd shows a few more clouds in the east. highs over western iowa were in the 30s and 40s. eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota mainly saw highs in the 40s. 40 is the sioux city temperature. temperatures warmed quickly this afternoon when the sun came out, reaching 47 by 3 pm! local temperatures are a mix of 30s and 40s. winds are northwest at 10 to 25 miles per hour. the satellite and radar shows quiet weather locally, but it's a very active day in the southeast. look at the storms currently crossing mississippi. that's where tornado

had severe weather reports from texas to southern louisiana to mississippi today, including multiple tornado reports in louisiana, and now mississippi and alabama, too. more to the north, this storm will bring heavy snow to parts of illinois, indiana, and michigan. a winter storm warning will be in effect in the yellow shaded areas, which extend up to chicago. the stormcast hd shows partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow. winds will become breezy tomorrow and remain so through thursday. we have a slight chance of light snow showers on thursday evening, mainly in the west. little to no accumulation is expected. high pressure will arrive thursday night, calming the winds down. then, a warming trend will start friday that will continue into saturday. temperatures will

tonight, then reach the upper 30s tomorrow. tonight's low will be 23 under partly cloudy skies. tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies, breezy winds, and a slight chance of light snow in the evening. little to no accumulation will be expected. the 7-day forecast shows breezy winds again thursday and 35, then a warmup to 47 friday and 62 saturday. a cold front will bring a cooldown to 43 sunday and strong winds plus a chance of light snow. tonight's ask fred prize is 4 tickets to the siouxland home show. to enter, send an email or facebook your weather question. the winning question will be answered on abc9 news at 10. jenna/tim/fred (tim) thanks, fred.

still to come... we celebrate black history month by taking a trip back in time to the early 60's looking at the civil rights movement. when we return.

movement heated up. and no where was it hotter than saint augustine florida... a community that was instrumental in the battle for equality. jenna:

looking at this resolute group of people and their struggle. today we take you back to 19-63 and a piece of america's untold journey. "narr 24 - the year is 1963 and protests have reached a fever pitch on st. augustine. vo narr - there needed to be a new front opened in the fight against segregation, and there was no better place to do leading this fight would be lincolnville dentist and successful businessman, dr. robert hayling. fountains ,,, a dentist and ex- army officer, hayling became the first negro member of the florida state dental society. he joined the civil rights struggle after the dental group was denied meeting facilities at white hotels and restaurants because of his membership. last summer, dr. hayling and an associate were badly beaten by kkk members when they ventured too close to a klan rally. ironically, when the case was tried, hayling was convicted of assault on the klansmen. his appeal is now pending. vo narr 24 - inspired by the words of martin luther king, jr., hayling organized local youths and began sending them into local whites-only restaurants. on a hot july day in 1963, 14 year old samuel white, 15-year old audry nell edwards, 16 year old willie carl singleton and 16 year-old joeann anderson went up to the woolworth's lunch counter and tried to order a hamburger and a coke. they were arrested. and later sentenced to one year in reform school. this harsh sentencing of peaceful children drew local and national outrage. putting a new spot light on st. augustine's racial unrest. sot mlk - st. augustine, is merely a symbol of an expression. of the

nation in the area of race relations. barbara vickers 00:09:26 - the scariest night was when the klans and the others were down in the slave market. they had brought in a truckload of rocks and put it in the slave market so they would have to throw at us. " coming up in

siouxland teams have a chance at a state tournament berth tonight. at the matchups spencer. plus...iowa is looking for some better results coming out of hear from the hawkeyes on regular season

to action on the court tomorrow night when they host wisconsin. with some recent struggles, the bye week might have come at just the right time for the hawkeyes. iowa is just 1-2 in games including a road loss to penn tighter-than- win over minnesota. and the schedule easier to close out the regular season. beginning with game with wisconsin, the hawkeye's final four opponents have a combined record of 76-35, meaning they needed the off day. jarrod uthoff--"it was very nice to get

of relax your body. had a couple of days off, kind of recharge." fran mccaffery--"we've had some time to work on some things. but, i think you make a good point, the next four games are really all against really good teams. so hopefully we'll play well, play a little better than we have recently. we're close but i think our defense has to get better, especially with the weapons that we're going to face wednesday night." iowa and wisconsin tip off at 8 pm tomorrow night...the game can be seen on btn. in the gpac, briar cliff swept weekly basketball player of the iowa and wisconsin tip off at 8 pm tomorrow night...the game can be seen on btn. in the gpac, briar cliff swept weekly basketball player of the week honors. on the women's side, senior jessi corrick won the award after her career best 31 points on wednesday night...she averaged 24 points, 6 and a half boards, and 5 assists for the chargers in their two games. for the men, senior clay harreld notched another honor,

threes in two wins last week. he shot 60 rcent from deep and now leads both the gpac and the naia with 120 made three pointers. briar cliff hosts a pair of gpac tournament games tomorrow night at 6 and 8. chris: so far seven teams from northwest iowa have clinched spots at next week's girls state basketball tournament. tonight, spencer and sioux city west will both try to join them. for the wolverines, it's a familiar place. they're back in a regional final for the fourth time in the last five years, but have yet to qualify for the state tournament. spencer on the other hand, has four trips to state, all coming in a seven year span from 2003 to 2009. both teams will be underdogs tonight on the road to highly- ranked opponents. west will take on third ranked ankeny centennial tonight down in we'll have highlights of that

tonight at ten. spencer takes on the two time defending state champs from harlan on the

partly cloudy skies, breezy winds, and a slight chance of light snow in the evening. little to no accumulation will be expected. the 7-day forecast shows

then a warmup to 47 friday and 62 saturday. a cold front will bring a cooldown to 43 sunday and strong winds plus a chance of light snow.

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